Google’s Live Caption feature first launched alongside the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL last October, with a promise that it would eventually come to more devices. Shortly after, the feature was added to the Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3A and Pixel 3A XL. And, now, with the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S20, S20 Plus …
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I’ve been laptop shopping recently, and was once again forced to confront the ugly question: Why am I continuing to spend $700 or more on a Windows-based laptop when Chromebooks exist? After all, these days I spend 90% of my time in some combination of Google Docs and the web. Could I get by with a laptop running Google Chrome …
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“Macro photography” is taking a photo of a subject in extreme close-up so it appears life-size or larger in the resulting image. Close-up photos are popular especially for nature photography, because they can capture details of insects, flowers and more with incredible clarity. And you can achieve this effect even with your phone camera. Using a macro lens with almost …
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Google’s way of helping slow down our relationship with our phones is finally ready for primetime. After first announcing the feature at IO in May, Google is taking Focus mode out of beta and rolling it out to Android 9 and 10 devices. The new mode is part of Google’s Digital Wellbeing tool on Android and designed to help you …
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Google Photos added a new chat feature just in time to share all those holiday pictures. Instead of opening up another app to share photos, users can now send photos and videos via a a chat within the app. The conversation option is rolling out over the next week to Google Photos on Android, iOS and the web. Once available, …
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OnePlus is beloved among Android enthusiasts. It hasn’t got the mass appeal of Samsung or Apple, but its phones are excellent and almost always a fantastic deal. You may know that OnePlus’ parent company BBK Electronics is also behind Vivo, a brand mostly only used in China, and Oppo, a brand that’s expanded out of China and into the UK …
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SiriusXM is no longer just a satellite radio provider — the company has started streaming to Google smart speakers, so you can now listen at home via a Google Nest Hub (for what it’s worth, SiriusXM has been on Alexa for a while now). To celebrate, you can still make the most of the company’s Cyber Monday Deal and get a Google …
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On Tuesday, Apple awarded the AI photography app Spectre Camera the title of iPhone App of the Year, as part of its first annual App Store Best Apps and Games awards. Spectre — created by the developer behind photography app Halide — uses machine learning to take simulated long-exposure photos on your iPhone. The app combines hundreds of photos taken …
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We’ve come a long way since the salad days of internet communications, when we used abbreviations such as LOL or keyboard emoji to help put a happy spin on our messages. As with all things internet, the way we express ourselves to others online has become more sophisticated, with animated GIFs replacing keyboard shorthand. Thanks to GIF generators, anyone and …
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We already knew Huawei’s Mate 30 couldn’t use Google’s Android operating system because of the Trump administration’s ban on the controversial Chinese phone maker, but it seems the impact isn’t limited to software. The phone is now being made without any US-sourced components at all, The Wall Street Journal reported. Huawei found non-American suppliers for parts, according to an analysis …
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